Marine BiologyThe new, sixth edition of Marine Biology covers the basics of marine biology and takes a global, non-regional perspective, emphasizing that the world's oceans and seas are an integrated system that cannot be understood by looking in any one person's own backyard. For many students this is a new perspective. This introductory, one-semester text is designed for non-majors. |
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Page 373
... zooxanthellae ( Figure 13-9 ) . Without zooxanthellae , corals produce their skeletons very slowly , not nearly fast enough to build a reef . The zooxanthellae enable the coral to deposit calcium carbonate much faster . It is the ...
... zooxanthellae ( Figure 13-9 ) . Without zooxanthellae , corals produce their skeletons very slowly , not nearly fast enough to build a reef . The zooxanthellae enable the coral to deposit calcium carbonate much faster . It is the ...
Page 390
... zooxanthellae . A good part of the answer lies in the mutualistic relationship between corals and their zooxanthellae . We have already learned what the zooxan- thellae do for the coral : They provide food and help make the calcium car ...
... zooxanthellae . A good part of the answer lies in the mutualistic relationship between corals and their zooxanthellae . We have already learned what the zooxan- thellae do for the coral : They provide food and help make the calcium car ...
Page 391
... zooxanthellae . Just what the symbionts are is not known . All these nitrogen fixers provide a substan- tial source of nitrogen nutrients . Nitrogen , therefore , probably does not limit coral reef communities , though not all reef ...
... zooxanthellae . Just what the symbionts are is not known . All these nitrogen fixers provide a substan- tial source of nitrogen nutrients . Nitrogen , therefore , probably does not limit coral reef communities , though not all reef ...
Contents
The Sea Floor | 22 |
Chemical and Physical Features | 51 |
Part Life in the Marine | 85 |
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